The Duel

The Duel 2000

juézhàn jīn zhī diān

The sword saint requests a duel with god of sword at the apex of the forbidden city to determine the worlds best. As the date of the duel nears troubles befall the imperial town until everything is revealed at the climactic fight.

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4.23 Intermediate Director Andrew Lau Wai-Keung IMDb 5.8

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dào virtue; morality; ethics HSK 5
xīn shǎng to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire HSK 5
cāi to guess HSK 5
zhī wài outside; excluding HSK 5
it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics HSK 5
lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword) HSK 5
guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
yán wéi dìng (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then Idiom ∼HSK 4
怀 huái - hǎo (idiom) to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
lái bu there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
qīng sōng light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously Xiehouyu HSK 4
unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西 西 mén Qìng Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels "Jin Ping Mei" and "Water Margin" Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Líng yún Lingyun county in Baise, Guangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Sūn kōng Sun Wukong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西 西 yáng the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen); surname Polo Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tài Shān Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
zhàn World War I (1914-1918) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Xíng Ministry of Justice (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
jiāng rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
wáng dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4